Resizing armor?

[mikebr99]

Hey!

Would a newly found magical suit of armor, orginally on an Ogre... (RAW) have the ability to resize to fit one of my medium companions?

thanks...


Mike

 

[Patryn of Elvenshae]

Generally, no.

SIZE AND MAGIC ITEMS
When an article of magic clothing or jewelry is discovered, most of the time size shouldn’t be an issue. Many magic garments are made to be easily adjustable, or they adjust themselves magically to the wearer. Size should not keep characters of various kinds from using magic items.

There may be rare exceptions, especially with racial specific items.

Armor and Weapon Sizes: Armor and weapons that are found at random have a 30% chance of being Small (01–30), a 60% chance of being Medium (31–90), and a 10% chance of being any other size (91–100).

 

[Shellman]

My DM rules it this way!

Generally, no.

My DM rules it this way. Resizing depends on what the creator intended on in the first place. The creator could have designed it to fit a specific size/ race or not.

On a side note:

Patryn based on the quote in your thread. Generally, magic items will resize accordingly unless specificall designed not to.

 

[Patryn of Elvenshae]

Patryn based on the quote in your thread. Generally, magic items will resize accordingly unless specificall designed not to.

No - the quote only applies to magic garments and jewelry - like Rings of Protection and Cloaks of Resistance (or Hats of Disguise ...), etc.

 

[atom crash]

That's how I've always interpreted it: magical garments (wondrous items) are one size fits all, weapons and armor come in specific sizes.

However, medium armor should adjust itself to fit any medium creature, whether a dwarf or an elf or whatever. But it won't adjust to accomodate another size creature.

 

[Mekabar]

Full Plate Mails are an exception, though. The rules specifically state that those have to be tailor made for the wearer, or at least refit for him.